Why Is a Defense Contractor Paying for Sesame Street's Parents-in-Jail Lesson? Jun 11th, 2013 - 00:50h (CET +01.00) Sesame Street - home of Big Bird, Cookie Monster, and Elmo - rarely incites controversy. But on Sunday the website of the Public Broadcasting Corporation's endlessly influential children's education show uploaded a curious feature called &q... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : defense, contractor, paying, sesame, street's, parentsinjail, lesson?, Top Keywords

Kabul car bomb kills 2 NATO troops, 4 contractors May 16th, 2013 - 13:40h (CET +01.00) KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide bomber rammed his car into a NATO convoy in the Afghan capital on Thursday, killing at least 12 people, including two coalition troops, four civilian contractors and two children, officials said. (Source: Associate... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : kabul, bomb, kills, nato, troops, contractors, lesson?, Top Keywords

Treasury OKs MoD's contractor-run procurement plan: report Apr 25th, 2013 - 03:00h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - The Ministry of Defence's plan to explore letting a company manage military-equipment procurement has been approved by the UK Treasury, Bloomberg reported, citing a person familiar with the matter. HM Treasury was unavailable to comm... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : treasury, mod's, contractorrun, procurement, plan, report, lesson?, Top Keywords

Afghans seek policewoman's motive for killing U.S. contractor Dec 25th, 2012 - 16:20h (CET +01.00) KABUL (Reuters) - An Iranian-Afghan policewoman who killed a U.S. contractor at the police headquarters in Kabul may have been motivated by a personal grudge, said security officials, who were also probing possible Taliban or al Qaeda involvement. Th... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : afghans, seek, policewoman's, motive, killing, contractor, lesson?, Top Keywords

Contractors Are Still Partying on the Job in Kabul Oct 17th, 2012 - 21:20h (CET +01.00) While the war in Afghanistan continues, so too does the contractor partying. Today ABC News has posted exclusive video (below) showing two security men from Jorge Scientific getting wasted in Kabul, one of whom appears to be high on Ketamine. The gra... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : contractors, still, partying, kabul, killing, contractor, lesson?, Top Keywords

Briton among contractors killed in Afghanistan Jul 24th, 2012 - 16:20h (CET +01.00) A retired British customs officer was among three civilian contractors killed in Afghanistan at the weekend, the US Department of Homeland Security said on Tuesday. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : briton, among, contractors, killed, afghanistan, contractor, lesson?, Top Keywords

Afghan in uniform kills three NATO contractors Jul 22nd, 2012 - 21:40h (CET +01.00) Three foreign civilian contractors working for NATO as trainers were killed Sunday when a man in an Afghan security force uniform turned his weapon against them, NATO and Afghan officials said. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : afghan, uniform, kills, nato, contractors, contractor, lesson?, Top Keywords

Bomb kills security contractor in Iraq's north Jun 17th, 2012 - 11:10h (CET +01.00) A provincial police officer in Iraq says a roadside bomb has killed one security contractor and wounded three others working for a Turkish security company in the country's north. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : bomb, kills, security, contractor, iraq's, north, lesson?, Top Keywords

Mohammed Abdul Kader, 25, a contractor from Syria, right, plays ... Sep 30th, 2011 - 23:50h (CET +01.00) (AP) - Mohammed Abdul Kader, 25, a contractor from Syria, right, plays with his cousins at the beach in Tripoli, Libya, Friday, Sept. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : mohammed, abdul, kader, contractor, syria, right, plays, Top Keywords

Afghan security contractors clean their rifles in their barracks ... Sep 16th, 2011 - 07:40h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - Afghan security contractors clean their rifles in their barracks at Outpost BariAlai in Ghaziabad district in Kunar, Afghanistan, September 15, 2011. The security contractors are helping to secure the perimeter of the camp and aiding U.S.... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : afghan, security, contractors, clean, rifles, barracks, plays, Top Keywords